A Streetcar Named Desire (movie)

Swann Auction Galleries will tomorrow hold an online “19th & 20th Century Literature” auction that features rare first editions of books by Walt Whitman, Agatha Christie, Mark Twain, James Joyce and F. Scott Fitzgerald, among others. “You don’t see these a lot, but they are out there and they do garner attention,” said John D. Larson, Swann’s specialist in 19th and 20th century literature. “A lot of these items are unique material or association copies -- a book that’s presented or signed by the author to someone known to them.” One such item is a twice-signed-by-the-author copy of “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman,...

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